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Spots in the Sun .— The Scotacks. [Jan. 1, 
little but the name. The French ex¬ 
pedition to Egypt was a subject of com¬ 
mon conversation. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
ENEATH I send you an exact re¬ 
presentation of spots, or maculae, 
in the sun, as seen at the Little Hermi¬ 
tage. near Rochester, on the days stated. 
J. J. 
Little Hermitage , 1 11 h Dec. 1S21. 
Appeared on the 21st-Nov. 1821. 
On the23d Nov. 
M ,'' 
On the 25th Nov. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
N OT long ago, I went, a^ I had be¬ 
fore done, to take a walk in an 
enclosure on Epping Forest, in the 
parish of Walthamstow, called Hale 
Brinks , and to my surprise, instead of 
the gate on the forest side, I found a 
close paling. On euquiry, I was in¬ 
formed that there had not been a gate 
for two years (or about that period.) If 
I mistake not, it has been supposed by 
some people that the late proprietor of 
the estate, bought it with a condition 
that there should be a public way 
through the grounds for a certain term 
of years, and at the end thereof the 
way was to be stopped. As I have 
reason to doubt the accuracy of this 
supposition, I shall be obliged to some 
person resident in the neighbourhood, 
if he will inform your readers (many 
of whom it may concern,) whether any 
such clause was in the deeds ; also when 
the pathway was stopped. I do not 
know that there ever was more than a 
foot-path through the grounds, but of 
that I am not quite clear. It certainly 
is to be lamented that of late years 
numerous paths have been stopped up, 
which if not absolutely necessary, were 
at least very convenient. An account 
of the different modes of stopping up 
ways legally , would much oblige 
An Enquirer. 
16th November , 1821. 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
notice relative to the scotacks, a 
Clan or Tribe in Hungary. 
A MONG the different nations that 
inhabit Hungary, the Scotacks 
constituteone, whereof few geographers 
have made mention. Their residence 
maybe assigned to 75 towns or large vil¬ 
lages in the County of Zemplein. They 
are Sclavonians by descent, and form a 
sort of medium between the Sclaves, the 
Rasmiacks and the Poles, but differ as 
to their dialect, manners and customs. 
Both men and women have almost all 
white hair, and it is very uncommon 
to find one among them with black 
locks. They live, in general, as asso¬ 
ciated families, and in a patriarchal 
manner. The father confides the su¬ 
perintendence of his house to one of 
his sons whom he deems best qualified, 
and the others respect his orders, should 
he even be. the youngest. 
Their industry is chiefly employed 
in the rearing of sheep; of these they 
make annual purchases in Transylva¬ 
nia and Moldavia, and after feeding 
them through the summer, take them 
for sale to the market of Hannusalva, 
or else into Bohemia, Moravia, and 
Silesia. Many of them are common 
carriers, transporting wines and leather 
into Poland, Russia, Prussia, and Aus¬ 
tria. A man of mature age is seldom 
seen on horseback, leading or driving 
his voiture; this is reserved for their 
boys, in order to spare the horses; 
and white-haired youngsters that can¬ 
not see much higher than the saddle, 
are found guiding with ease a team of 
six or eight horses. There must always 
be one white horse among them for the 
better direction of the guide. The 
Scotacks rarely intermarry with other 
tribes or nations, and adhere rigidly to 
their native dialect, being averse to the 
introduction of any foreign idioms. 
For 
